University of Missouri
The Cat Fight
Men's Golf Ties With Kansas State in Cat Fight
4/16/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 16, 2000
Hartsburg, Mo. - The University of Missouri men's golf team tied today with Kansas State at the first-annual Cat Fight, which was held at Eagle Knoll Golf Club, located south of Columbia.
The two Big 12 Conference rivals ended up in an 8-all tie, after 16 matches were contested in the unique scoring format that saw eight players from each team square off against eachother in two rounds of play. Each match was worth one point, and each school won an identical eight matches. Kansas State won the tiebreaker due to a lower total of its best four rounds in the afternoon.
In the morning round, Mizzou won four of the first six matches to take a 4-2 lead, but the Wildcats claimed the last two to forge a 4-4 tie heading into the afternoon.
Missouri again threatened to walk away with a win in the afternoon, as MU won three of the first four matches, to take a 7-5 lead. But KSU rallied to claim three of the final four matches to make the final tally eight apiece.
Tiger junior Tom Vogt was the leader for MU, as the St. Charles, Mo. native won both of his matches, playing in the #6 spot. He defeated K-State's Ryan Wilson (#6) in the morning, 74 to 80, and edged #5 Dan Demory 79 to 80 in the afternoon.
Tiger senior David Suggs, still hampered by a rib injury suffered two weeks ago, notched a win in the afternoon's final match to force the tie. He defeated KSU #2 man, Bryan Milberger, 81 to 89 in the final match.
This was MU's final tune-up prior to the Big 12 Championships, which will be held April 24-25 in Hutchinson, Kan.
THE CAT FIGHT - MISSOURI VS. KANSAS STATE
Men's Golf - April 16, 2000
Eagle Knoll Golf Club - Hartsburg, Mo.
FINAL RESULTS - MISSOURI 8, KANSAS STATE 8
***-KSU wins tiebreaker based on low four combined scores of afternoon round
MORNING ROUND Running Match Results Score Team Total 1 Andy Espe, MU #8 def. Daryn Soldan, KSU #8 79 to 80 MU, 1-0 2 Todd Rodemich, KSU #7 def. Stowe Kidder, MU #7 71 to 80 Tied, 1-1 3 Tom Vogt, MU #6 def. Ryan Wilson, KSU #6 74 to 80 MU, 2-1 4 Dan Demory, KSU #5 def. Shawn Fleming, MU #5 78 to 82 Tied, 2-2 5 Cory Ewert, MU #4 def. Mark Sears, KSU #4 70 to 74 MU, 3-2 6 Neal Stafford, MU #3 def. Matt Williams, KSU #3 76 to 78 MU, 4-2 7 Bryan Milberger,KSU #2 def. Mark McBride, MU #2 76 to 80 MU, 4-3 8 Scott McNeely, KSU #1 def. David Suggs, MU #1 71 to 75 Tied, 4-4AFTERNOON ROUND Running Match Results Score Team Total 9 Todd Rodemich, KSU #7 def. Andy Espe, MU #8 73 to 82 KSU, 5-4 10 Stowe Kidder, MU #7 def. Daryn Soldan, KSU #8 77 to 82 Tied, 5-5 11 Tom Vogt, MU #6 def. Dan Demory, KSU #5 79 to 80 MU, 6-5 12 Shawn Fleming, MU #5 def. Ryan Wilson, KSU #6 83 to 85 MU, 7-5 13 Matt Williams, KSU #3 def. Cory Ewert, MU #4 73 to 84 MU, 7-6 14 Mark Sears, KSU #4 def. Neal Stafford, MU #3 77 to 82 Tied, 7-7 15 Scott McNeely, KSU #1 def. Mark McBride, MU #2 76 to 81 KSU 8-7 16 David Suggs, MU #1 def. Bryan Milberger, KSU #2 81 to 89 Tied, 8-8
Low Total - Todd Rodemich (KSU #7) -- 144 2-0 Records - McNeely (KSU #1), Vogt (MU #6), Rodemich (KSU #7)
Course Info Par 72 - Yardage 6,920 Slope 73.8 - Rating 141
